Stacking Stones​A Creative Craft Blog

From the mind of Jason Kapcala comes an eclectic journal dedicated to the study of creative writing, rock music, tailgating, and other miscellany. The musings, meditations, contemplations, and ruminations expressed here are my own unless otherwise indicated. Please feel free to share your comments, thoughts, and opinions, but do so respectfully and intelligently.

Our real Fall 2013 course is going to be Imaginary Gardens, Real Toads: A Poetry Workshop and Craft Class, and it promises to be one of our best courses yet! I will be team-teaching the course with poet Keegan Lester, a brilliant young writer and all-around good guy. Keegan is a graduate of Columbia's prestigious MFA program and poetry editor ofone of my favorite literary journals Souvenir. (Seriously, if you haven't checked this journal out yet, what are you waiting for?) We're lucky to be able to bring him on board this semester, and I'm sure that his unique perspective will make for a very memorable class.

Ed. Note: I picked the image above because it has toads in it (like our course title!). In my mind, at least, they look like they could be preparing to team-teach a poetry class. (You know, if that were the sort of thing toads did in their spare time.) I've since been told that they appear to be "riding one another" and that such a thing could send the wrong message about what Community Writing Workshops is all about. So . . . just to be clear: there will be no riding of one another in our fall class. No, instead, we will be learning all about poetry--whether you are new to the genre or an experienced poet, this class will provide you with a few fresh perspectives. The way I see it, between Keegan's brains and my penchant for baffling my students, we should have all bases covered.